Penelope gave a small laugh and followed Crow into the other room. The knight was quick to note how Gavin had strategically placed himself in a position that would force some distance between her and Crow. She felt a bubble of irritation at his constant determination to separate them but she kept it to herself as she moved to sit down at the other empty seat at the table. They would have plenty of time to still be near each other for the rest of the trip. It was senseless to get worked up over such a small time apart during a meal. 

As she began to eat her breakfast, she listened as Olivia asked about their next move. Having been drunk the night before, she was curious as well what the plan would be now. It seemed that they hadn't gotten any good information so she wondered what they would do now that it seemed they had reached a dead end. Penelope glanced between the thief and knight as the two began to bicker. Gavin was clearly blinded by his distrust of Crow, making the female knight frown slightly as he seemed satisfied thinking he had won. 

"Hold on," she spoke up now, crossing her arms over her chest as she looked over at Gavin. She didn't want him to get away with shutting down Crow's plan just because of his distrust of the thief. If there was still potentially information to be uncovered in Aramoor, she didn't want to let the opportunity slip away. "I think he's right. We shouldn't be rushing off when we barely managed to complete anything last night." 

Gavin's satisfied look faded as she spoke up and the male knight frowned slightly. "We talked with the villagers. They didn't see any group that came through here that would match the description he gave us.. It's best if we just go back and figure out a different plan."

"I was drunk and you two were working together. I doubt we really asked them as much as we could.. In fact, I don't even remember asking them." Penelope retorted. "Gavin, we traveled all this way, we should be making sure we didn't miss anything." As the male knight grew silent, she let out a long sigh noticing him glance towards Crow again. It seemed he was having a difficult time trusting her, likely believing her judgment was too clouded. Feeling another bubble of irritation and a pang from her headache, she gazed sternly at Gavin. 

"My judgment isn't clouded by bias, make sure yours isn't either otherwise we're never going to catch those criminals." A small smirk crossed her lips and she winked at him adding, "Consider that a direct order from your higher up."

Gavin flushed slightly and Olivia laughed, "I knew it was only a matter of time before you pulled your lieutenant card." 

"I just want to catch the people responsible for this." Penelope mumbled glancing down at her plate. The knight thought about how hard their camp had been hit and how many guards had been killed. Millicent popped into her mind and a stab of guilt followed. Even though she wasn't directly responsible for her death, she felt she had played a big hand in it since the archerer had taken her guard shift. She wanted justice for her and the others. "I'll do what it takes and I don't want to leave until we're absolutely certain there's nothing here."

Gavin gave her a sympathetic look and leaned back in his chair. "I know..." he sighed somberly as he recovered from his initial embarrassment at her words. He gave a displeased expression and glanced over at Penelope. "Alright... Maybe we should stay and double check." he finally agreed. However, he turned to Crow and narrowed his eyes. "But I think we can handle this part alone. You can stay here and wait for us." He clearly didn't want the thief to think he had completely won. Penelope guessed that he likely wanted to use his absence to keep the thief from throwing them off course or look for any information that would help support his argument against Crow.